Miscellaneous

GMAS requested the team’s help late this afternoon with direct assistance duties for a GMAS peak demand period.

The team was asked to place its four Mountain Rescue Landrovers on full standby at our Ladybridge Hall base, and to respond at the direction of GMAS Paramedic Emergency Control. The first call was attended at 15:23 with 13 calls in total, and twenty-three team members involved. (Code Green, Amber and Red calls). The team was stood down by GMAS at 23:10 and the final incident was completed at 00:05 on Monday morning.

During the period the team assisted at a wide range of incidents, including patients with conditions of chest pains, and also a CVA. Summary details of all incidents attended can be found on our incident database for 2006.

Incidents 1 – 18: This morning, at the advanced planned request of Greater Manchester Ambulance Service, during an anticipated peak demand period, the Team placed its full assets at the disposal of Greater Manchester Ambulance Service, for assistance with the full range of duties taken by the Ambulance service, this being our second night of assistance. As well as ourselves, assets were also declared to GMAS by St John Ambulance Brigade & our colleagues at Oldham MRT.

The Team placed all four vehicles on the road along with appropriately trained crews backed up our own control linked directly to GMAS Paramedic Emergency Control.

14 Team members assembled at our base at Ladybridge at 18.30 Hrs the previous evening (when assist duty began), going on into this morning finishing at 07:00 Hrs. From midnight onwards the Team dealt with 18 separate calls ranging from urgent intra hospital transfers to code Green, Amber & Red emergency responses. Brief details of each call can be found on our Incident database listings (Click on Incidents in the banner above)